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By tgannon1423 · Updated February 2024
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Latin clan name
"soft; thresher"
A name that seems to hail from the old Irish neighborhoods of Boston and New York, Terence actually dates back a lot further, to the time of a famous second-century poet, who started life as a North…
Variation of Laurence, English from Latin
"from Laurentum or bay laurel"
A variant form of Laurence or Lawrence which ranked in the #200s in the US from the 1900s through to the 1960s. It didn't fall off the boys' Top 1000 until the late 1990s, following the huge…
English
"shield-wolf"
Randolph is a timeworn classic that had its last hurrah in the 1940s, when Randolph (born George) Scott was starring in westerns, but then was probably done in by its tricky nickname Randy (which,…
Short form of Christina
Fading since the 1970s -- but still a lovely name.
English word name
"an account of incidents or events"
A new unisex word name with a lot of charm, especially appropriate for the child of writers. Soleil Moon Frye named her second baby boy Story and Jenna Elfman called her son Story Elias.
Modern nickname
Brother for Biff and Bud. McFly rocker Tom Fletcher transformed this from midcentury short form to modern cool name when he used it for his newborn son.
English occupational name
"female brewer"
With its slightly cocky feel, this well-used surname is not often heard as a first.
Irish
"king; brown"
Ancient Irish king of the underworld, so much more powerful than Don.
Diminutive of Guilherme, Portuguese variation of William
"resolute protection"
Intriguing short form of Guilherme, heard in Portugal and Brazil. Guion Bluford was the first African American to go to space.
"bright forest"
Unfashionable surname, best left in the forest with Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Hindi and Sanskrit
"good character, wise"
Sunita is an easily-translated name brought to the American lexicon by astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams, who holds the record for most spacewalks by a woman.
